Bob Bjornerud

Bob Bjornerud (born September 8, 1945) is a Canadian provincial politician.^[1] He was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats from 1995 to 2016, first as a member of the Liberal Party and later as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. Bjornerud served as the Minister of Agriculture from 2007 to 2012, when he requested not to be considered for a cabinet post in the next cabinet shuffle.^[2] Bjornerud did not seek re-election in the 2016 Saskatchewan general election.

The Honourable Bob Bjornerud ECS
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Melville-Saltcoats Saltcoats (1995-2003)
In office June 21, 1995 – April 4, 2016
Preceded by	Reg Knezacek
Succeeded by	Warren Kaeding
Personal details
Born	(1945-09-08) September 8, 1945 (age 79) Kelvington, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	Liberal → Saskatchewan Party
Occupation	farmer

Election results

v t e 1995 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Bjornerud	3,635	45.53%	+31.05
	New Democratic	Reg Knezacek	3,053	38.25%	−14.24
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Johnson	1,295	16.22%	−16.81
Total			7,983	100.00%

v t e 1999 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	4,688	62.47%	—
	New Democratic	Leo Fuhr	1,884	25.10%	−13.15
	Liberal	Vic Polsom	933	12.43%	−33.10
Total			7,505	100.00%

v t e 2003 Saskatchewan general election: Melville-Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	3,439	39.04%
	New Democratic	Ron Osika	2,834	32.17%
	Independent	Grant Schmidt	1,660	18.84%
	Liberal	Brian Tochor	877	9.95%
Total			8,810	100.00%

v t e 2007 Saskatchewan general election: Melville-Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	5,039	62.28%	+23.24
	New Democratic	Marlys Knezacek	2,574	31.81%	−0.36
	Liberal	Henry Farmer	375	4.64%	−5.31
	Western Independence	Frank Serfas	103	1.27%	–
Total			8,091	100.00%

v t e 2011 Saskatchewan general election: Melville-Saltcoats
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	5,071	73.45%	+11.18
	New Democratic	Len Dales	1,690	24.48%	−7.34
	Green	Jordan Fieseler	143	2.07%	–
Total			6,904	100.00%

Cabinet positions

Saskatchewan provincial government of Brad Wall